Re: bbc script

["Thomas Schmitt" <scdbackup@gmx.net>]

Hi,

Jude DaShiell wrote:
> select station in bbc1 bbc-1-extra bbc-2 bbc-3 bbc-4 \
>                        b                  bc-4-long-wave-and-shipping
> bbc-4-extra bbc-5 \
> bbc-6-music bbc-world-service quit
> do
>     case $REPLY in
>        $REPLY==1)

man bash says about "case" that before ")" are patterns which are tested
whether they match.
So the text snippet "$REPLY==" before "1)" looks wrong.

This litle experiment works for me:

  select station in AAA BB CC quit
  do
    echo $REPLY
    case $REPLY in
       1) echo aaa
          ;;
       2) echo bb
          ;;
       3) echo cc
          ;;
       4) break
          ;;
     esac
  done

(As C programmer i am more into "if"-"elif"-chains than into "case", though.)


Have a nice day :)

Thomas